Workshop sponsored by the
Hawaii Local Technical Assistance Program
in cooperation with the
Hawaii State Department of Transportation
University of Hawaii's Department of Civil Engineering
and the Federal Highway Administration

When:  April 17-18, 2000
Where:  HDOT's Oahu District Office, Conference Room
   727 Kakoi Street
Time:  8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost:    FREE
Contact:  Juli Kobayashi at 956-9006, 956-8851 FAX or juli@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
   Deadline to register is Friday, April 7, 2000
   Class size is limited to 30 participants
 

DESCRIPTION:
This is a 2 day course provides a general understanding of the many issues involved in the ITS software acquisition process.

OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
 1.  The difference between software acquisitions and other types of acquisitions.
 2.  The theme/guiding principles on which to build a software acquisition.
 3.  The difference between developing requirements and technical specifications.
 4.  Intellectual property rights issues and how to solve them.
 5.  Managing ITS software acquisitions.
 6.  The criteria for accepting a system
 7.  Software maintenance considerations.

This seminar is focused specifically on ITS software development and acquisitioin processes.  This seminar is a companion to, but not a prerequisite for, the "Lessons in ITS Procurement" course.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Transportation, traffic engineers and software procurement officers for transportation agencies.
 

INSTRUCTORS:
Les Jacobson
Mr. Les Jacobson is an Intelligent Transportation System Specialist with PC Farradyne.  He was involved in developing ITS policy for the Northwest Region and was a key member of Washington State's ITS model deployment initiative.  He received AASHTO's Alfred E. Johnson Achievement Award in 1996 and the ITE ITS Council's Individual Achievement Award in 1999.  He is a registered professional engineer in Washington State.  He is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the ITS Council, and is the secretary of the TRB HOV Systems Committee and a member of the ITS Committee.  He chaired the ITS America ATMS Committee from 1994 to 1998 and is a member of the Coordinating Council.

Edward J Seymour, Ph.D., PE
Dr. Edward Seymour oversees the operation of Texas Transportation Institute's Research and Implementation Offices in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.  These offices afford platforms for transferring transportation research results into the deployment community, and they facilitate the delivery of education to the transportation sector.  From this research and implementation perspective Dr. Seymour is involved nationally with leading edge ITS standards and communications technologies including: advanced transportation controllers, ITS standards and communication protocols, National ITS Architecture, and ITS management and operations.